California’s grape industry takes a huge loss in the aftermath of tropical storm Hilary. According to the California Farm Bureau Ag Alert,heavy rains and strong winds to vineyards duringthe peak of harvest season last month affected over one-third of unharvested grapes, the equivalent of approximately 25 million boxes.
Geoff Boyle, president of the P.E.I. Tree Food Growers Association, as well as general manager of The Grove Orchard and U-Pick in Warren Grove, says he's "alittle anxious and nervous" about what the tropical storm system will bring.
The spatio-temporal variation of rainfall has wreaked havoc for the farmers of the tur belt. Farmers of Kalyana Karnataka are grappling with crop wilting due to a below par monsoon in June and August. Most regions are still experiencing drought despite brief spells of rain.
The Western corn rootworm has made its way to farms in Salmon Arm, Armstrong and Enderby, and poses a significant risk to crops in the area, Susanna Acheampong, a Kelowna-based entomologist with the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, said Friday.
This past May, unseasonably low temperatures led to frost damage and impacted farms and wineries in the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, Central New York and the Capital Region.
Priyank Kharge, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and district in charge, directed the officials to conduct an eye estimation survey to assess crop loss due to scanty rainfall during the current Kharif season.
More rain today for the Western Cape which has appreciated the few days of sunshine in between cold, rainy spells when bees can finally venture into orchards (where they are furiously working and even ill-tempered with hunger), but producers say they're looking ahead at the possible effects of a below rainfall El Niño summer predicted for South Africa.
As has been reported, the more limited supplies of grapes out of the state are Hurricane Hilary related--recently, the California Table Grape Commission reported that an estimated 25 million boxes of table grapes were lost because of the weather event.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it is awarding about $6.5 million to 22 organizations to educate underserved, small-scale, and organic producers on farm risk management and climate-smart farm practices.
According to a first emergency estimate carried out by the Association of Farmers of Valencia (AVA-ASAJA), yesterday's storm caused significant damage to crops and agricultural infrastructure in several regions of Castellón and Valencia, especially in the Plana Baixa, Vall d'Albaida, and Los Serranos.
The Yemeni people, already burdened by yearslong turmoil, now face another challenge posed by the unrelenting severe drought, a disaster brought on by climate change.This crisis poses a significant threat to Yemen's agricultural sector, which is a lifeline for millions in this war-torn nation.
Picking apples is one of the rites of fall, with crisp, sunny mornings beckoning families out to the orchard to help gather in the season’s brilliant red and green bounty.This year, though, pick-your-own opportunities will be limited because so much of the area’s apple crop was damaged or destroyed by a hard frost in May.
Jason Franklin gets no days off during the farming season — even when temperatures soar into the triple digits.His family’s 2,500-acre farm sits in Crowville, Louisiana, a small, rural community of just under 4,000 people.
A late frost on May 18 killed blooms in some apple orchards across New York, with some farms reporting a loss of as much as 95% of their crop.Gregory Peckis an associate professor of horticulture. He says although some orchards saw significant damage from a late spring frost, other orchards were minimally impacted.
Storm Daniel reached Libya at the beginning of the week, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving tens of thousands missing. The worst-hit city is Derna, where the storm has caused dam failures. The city is located in the Al Jabal Al Akhdar, one of the country's main agricultural regions.
EastFruit experts in Moldova spoke to farmers and representatives of fruit growers’ organizations in Moldova regarding the updated apple harvest outlook for 2023. It seems that due to the very hot second half of summer the outlook for fresh apple harvest in Moldova needs to be revised further downward.